How the 2011 Tour de France Favorites Fared

Jurgen van den Broeck (DNF) Omega-Pharma Lotto

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After a fifth place finish last year, Van den Broeck came to the Tour with high hopes that his solid climbing and time trialing skills would get him closer to the podium, especially after grabbing his maiden professional win at the Criterium du Dauphine (a Tour warm-up race) last month. But like Gesink before him, Belgium's best stage racer of his generation crashed out of the race in the horrific ninth stage, which effectively ended the career of Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov after he fractured a femur.